Australia at the 1992 Summer Olympics
| Australia at the 1992 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | AUS |
| NOC | Australian Olympic Committee |
| Website |
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| in Barcelona | |
| Competitors | 279 (187 men, 92 women) in 25 sports |
| Flag bearer |
Jenny Donnet (opening) Kieren Perkins (closing) |
| Medals Ranked 10th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
1906 Intercalated Games | |
Australia competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era. 279 competitors, 187 men and 92 women, took part in 153 events in 25 sports.[1]
Medalists
Gold
- Kathy Watt — Cycling, Women's Road Race
- Matt Ryan — Equestrian, Three-day Event Individual Competition
- Clint Robinson — Canoeing, Men's K1 1,000 m
- Matt Ryan, Andrew Hoy and Gillian Rolton — Equestrian, Three-day Event Team Competition
- Stephen Hawkins and Peter Antonie — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls
- Andrew Cooper, Mike McKay, James Tomkins and Nick Green — Rowing, Men's Coxless Four M4-
- Kieren Perkins — Swimming, Men's 1500m Freestyle
Silver
- Kieren Perkins — Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle
- Hayley Lewis — Swimming, Women's 800 m Freestyle
- Glen Housman — Swimming, Men's 1,500 m Freestyle
- Gary Neiwand — Cycling, Men's 1,000 m Sprint
- Shane Kelly — Cycling, Men's 1,000 m Time Trial
- Kathy Watt — Cycling, Women's 3,000 m Individual Pursuit
- Danielle Woodward — Canoeing, Women's Slalom
- Brett Aitken, Steve McGlede, Shaun O'Brien, and Stuart O'Grady — Cycling, Men's 4,000 m Team Pursuit
- John Bestall, Warren Birmingham, Lee Bodimeade, Ashley Carey, Gregory Corbitt, Stephen Davies, Damon Diletti, Lachlan Dreher, Lachlan Elmer, Dean Evans, Paul Lewis, Graham Reid, Jay Stacy, Michael York, David Wansbrough, and Ken Wark — Field Hockey, Men's Team Competition
Bronze
- Nicole Stevenson — Swimming, Women's 200 m Backstroke
- Hayley Lewis — Swimming, Women's 400 m Freestyle
- Samantha Riley — Swimming, Women's 100 m Breaststroke
- Susie O'Neill — Swimming, Women's 200 m Butterfly
- Phil Rogers — Swimming, Men's 100 m Breaststroke
- Lars Kleppich — Sailing, Men's Lechner Individual Competition
- Daniela Costian — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
- Tim Forsyth — Athletics, Men's High Jump
- Mitch Booth and John Forbes — Sailing, Men's Tornado Team Competition
- Rachel McQuillan and Nicole Provis — Tennis, Women's Doubles
- Ramon Andersson, Kelvin Graham, Ian Rowling, and Steve Wood — Canoeing, Men's K4 1,000 m
Archery
In the sixth Olympic archery competition that Australia contested, the nation sent three men. Grant Greenham had the nation's only individual win, though the trio also won their first match in the team round.
Men's Individual Competition:
- Grant Greenham — Round of 16, 16th place (1-1)
- Simon Fairweather — Round of 32, 25th place (0-1)
- Scott Hunter-Russell — Ranking round, 48th place (0-0)
Men's Team Competition:
- Greenham, Fairweather, and Hunter-Russell — Quarterfinal, 7th place (1-1)
Athletics
Men's Competition
Men's 200 metres
- Dean Capobianco
- Heat — 20.86
- Quarterfinals — 20.61 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Men's 400 metres
- Mark Garner
- Heat — 46.26
- Quarterfinals — 46.85 (→ did not advance, 28th place)
Men's 400m Hurdles
- Simon Hollingsworth
- Heat — 49.74 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Men's Marathon
- Robert de Castella
- Final — 2:17.44 (→ 26th place)
- Steve Moneghetti
- Final — 2:23.42 (→ 48th place)
Men's 20 km Walk
- Nick A'Hern
- Final — 1:31:39 (→ 22nd place)
- Andrew Jachno
- Final — 1:36:49 (→ 31st place)
Men's 50 km Walk
- Simon Baker
- Final — 4:08:11 (→ 19th place)
Men's High Jump
- Tim Forsyth
- Qualification — 2.26 m
- Final — 2.34 m (→
- Lochsley Thomson
- Qualification — 2.20 m (→ did not advance, 19th place)
- David Anderson
- Qualification — 2.15 m (→ did not advance, 31st place)
Men's Long Jump
- David Culbert
- Qualification — 8.00 m
- Final — 7.73 m (→ 11th place)
Men's Hammer Throw
- Sean Carlin
- Qualification — 75.90 m
- Final — 76.16 m (→ 8th place)
Men's Discus Throw
- Werner Reiterer
- Qualification — 62.20 m
- Final — 60.12 m (→ 10th place)
Men's Pole Vault
- Simon Arkell
- Qualification — 5.30m (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Men's Decathlon
- Dean Smith
- Final Result — 7703pts (→ 19th place)
Women's Competition
Women's 100 metres
- Kerry Johnson
- Heat — 11.62
- Quarterfinals — 11.59 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
- Melinda Gainsford-Taylor
- Heat — 11.57
- Quarterfinals — 11.67 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Women's 200 metres
- Melinda Gainsford-Taylor
- Heat — 23.18
- Quarterfinals — 23.03
- Semifinals — 23.03 (→ did not advance, 13th place)
- Melissa Medlicott
- Heat — 23.86 (→ did not advance, 30th place)
Women's 400 metres
- Michelle Lock
- Heat — 52.49
- Quarterfinals — 51.71
- Semifinals — 50.78 (→ did not advance, 11th place)
- Renee Poetschka
- Heat — 52.85
- Quarterfinals — 52.05
- Semifinals — 52.09 (→ did not advance, 15th place)
- Cathy Freeman
- Heat — 53.70
- Quarterfinals — 51.52 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Women's 3,000 metres
- Krishna Stanton
- Heat — 9:00.62 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Women's 10,000 metres
- Susan Hobson
- Heat — 32:53.61 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Relay
- Melinda Gainsford-Taylor, Kerry Johnson, Melissa Medlicott, and Kathy Sambell
- Heat — 43.49
- final — 43.77 (→ 6th place)
Women's 4 × 400 m Relay
- Susan Andrews, Cathy Freeman, Michelle Lock, and Renee Poetschka
- Heat — 3:25.68
- final — 3:26.42 (→ 7th place)
Women's Marathon
- Lisa Ondieki
- Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Women's 10 km Walk
- Kerry Junna-Saxby
- Final — 46:01 (→ 15th place)
- Gabrielle Blythe
- Final — 50:13 (→ 31st place)
Women's 400m Hurdles
- Gail Luke
- Heat — 58.32 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Women's High Jump
- Alison Inverarity
- Qualification — 1.92 m
- Final — 1.91 m (→ 8th place)
Women's Long Jump
- Nicole Boegman
- Qualification — no mark (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Women's Discus Throw
- Daniela Costian
- Heat — 65.94m
- Final — 66.24m (→
Women's Javelin Throw
- Louise Currey
- Heat — 60.56m
- Final — 56.00m (→ 11th place)
- Sue Howland
- Heat — did not compete (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Women's Heptathlon
- Jane Flemming
- Final Result — fid not finish 58.32 (→ no ranking)
Badminton
Basketball
Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B):
- Defeated Puerto Rico (116-76)
- Lost to Unified Team (63-85)
- Defeated Venezuela (78-71)
- Defeated PR China (88-66)
- Lost to Lithuania (87-98)
- Quarter Finals:
- Lost to Croatia (65-98)
- Classification Matches:
- 5th/8th place: Defeated Germany (109-79)
- 5th/6th place: Lost to Brazil (80-90) → 6th place
- Team Roster:
- ( 4.) John Dorge
- ( 5.) Mike McKay
- ( 6.) Phil Smyth
- ( 7.) Larry Sengstock
- ( 8.) Damian Keogh
- ( 9.) Leroy Loggins
- (10.) Andrew Gaze
- (11.) Shane Heal
- (12.) Mark Bradtke
- (13.) Luc Longley
- (14.) Andrew Vlahov
- (15.) Ray Borner
- Head Coach: Adrian Hurley
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
Sixteen cyclists, thirteen men and three women, represented Australia in 1992.
- Kathy Watt — 2:04:42 (→
- Kathleen Shannon — 2:05:03 (→ 7th place)
- Jacqui Uttien — 2:05:03 (→ 13th place)
Diving
Men's 3m Springboard
- Michael Murphy
- Preliminary Round — 381.33 points
- Final — 611.97 points (→ 4th place)
- Simon McCormack
- Preliminary Round — 358.05 points (→ did not advance, 16th place)
Men's 10m Platform
- Craig Rogerson
- Preliminary Round — 388.83 points
- Final — 458.43 points (→ 12th place)
- Michael Murphy
- Preliminary Round — 371.88 (→ did not advance, 13th place)
Women's 3m Springboard
- Jennifer Donnet
- Preliminary Round — 272.64 (→ did not advance, 15th place)
- Rachel Wilkes
- Preliminary Round — 254.31 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Women's 10m Platform
- Vyninka Arlow
- Final — 365.88 points (→ 10th place)
- April Adams
- Final — 342.39 points (→ 11th place)
Equestrianism
Fencing
Football
Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B)
- Australia — Ghana 1-3
- Australia — Mexico 1-1
- Australia — Denmark 3-0
- Quarter Finals
- Australia — Sweden 2-1
- Semi Finals
- Australia — Poland 1-6
- Bronze Medal Match
- Australia — Ghana 0-1
- Team Roster
- ( 1.) John Filan
- ( 2.) Milan Blagojevic
- ( 3.) Dominic Longo
- ( 4.) Ned Zelic
- ( 5.) Shaun Murphy
- ( 6.) Tony Vidmar
- ( 7.) John Gibson
- ( 8.) Paul Okon
- ( 9.) Zlatko Arambasic
- (10.) George Slifkas
- (11.) John Markovski
- (12.) Damian Mori
- (13.) Tom Veart
- (14.) Steve Refenes
- (15.) Tony Popovic
- (16.) David Seal
- (17.) Gary Hasler
- (18.) Steve Corica
- (19.) Brad Maloney
- (20.) Mark Bosnich
Head coach: Eddie Thomson
Gymnastics
Hockey
Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
- Semi Finals
- Australia — The Netherlands 3 - 2
- Final
- Australia — Germany 1 - 2 (→
- Australia — Germany 1 - 2 (→
- Team Roster
- ( 1.) Warren Birmingham (captain)
- ( 2.) David Wansbrough
- ( 3.) John Bestall
- ( 4.) Lee Bodimeade
- ( 5.) Ashley Carey
- ( 6.) Stephen Davies
- ( 7.) Damon Diletti (gk)
- ( 8.) Lachlan Dreher (gk)
- ( 9.) Lachlan Elmer
- (10.) Dean Evans
- (11.) Gregory Corbitt
- (12.) Paul Lewis
- (13.) Graham Reid
- (14.) Jay Stacy
- (15.) Ken Wark
- (16.) Michael York
Women's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
- Classification Matches
- Team Roster
- ( 1.) Kathleen Partridge (gk)
- ( 2.) Christine Dobson
- ( 3.) Liane Tooth
- ( 4.) Alyson Annan
- ( 5.) Juliet Haslam
- ( 6.) Michelle Hager
- ( 7.) Alison Peek
- ( 8.) Lisa Powell
- ( 9.) Lisa Naughton (gk)
- (10.) Kate Starre
- (11.) Sally Carbon
- (12.) Jackie Pereira
- (13.) Tracey Belbin
- (14.) Rechelle Hawkes
- (15.) Sharon Buchanan
- (16.) Debbie Bowman-Sullivan
- Head coach: Brian Glencross
Judo
Modern Pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Australia in 1992.
Men's Individual Competition:
- Gavin Lackey → 30th place (5,111 points)
- Colin Hamilton → 58th place (4,594 points)
- Alex Watson → 63rd place (4,279 points)
Men's Team Competition:
- Lackey, Hamilton, and Watson → 16th place (13,984 points)
Rowing
Sailing
Men's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)
- Lars Kleppich
- Final Ranking — 98.7 points (→
- Final Ranking — 98.7 points (→
Women's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)
- Fiona Taylor
- Final Ranking — 136.0 points (→ 10th place)
Women's 470 Class
- Jennifer Lidgett and Ady Bucek
- Final Ranking — 80.4 points (→ 9th place)
Shooting
Swimming
Men's 50 m Freestyle
- Darren Lange
- Heat — 23.01
- B-Final — 22.69 (→ 9th place)
- Angus Waddell
- Heat — 23.10
- B-Final — 23.06 (→ 15th place)
Men's 100 m Freestyle
- Chris Fydler
- Heat — 50.26
- B-Final — 50.78 (→ 14th place)
- Andrew Baildon
- Heat — 50.59
- B-Final — 50.93 (→ 16th place)
Men's 200m Freestyle
- Kieren Perkins
- Heat — 1:49.26
- B-Final — 1:49.75 (→ 10th place)
- Ian Brown
- Heat — 1:49.32
- B-Final — 1:49.77 (→ 11th place)
Men's 400m Freestyle
- Kieren Perkins
- Heat — 3:49.24
- Final — 3:45.16 (→
- Ian Brown
- Heat — 3:50.12
- Final — 3:48.79 (→ 5th place)
Men's 1500m Freestyle
- Kieren Perkins
- Heat — 15:02.75
- Final — 14:43.48 (→
- Glen Housman
- Heat — 15:11.36
- Final — 14:55.29 3:48.79 (→
Men's 100m Backstroke
- Tom Stachewicz
- Heat — 57.03 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
- Toby Haenen
- Heat — 1:00.08 (→ did not advance, 45th place)
Men's 200m Backstroke
- Toby Haenen
- Heat — 2:06.79 (→ did not advance, 35th place)
Men's 100m Breaststroke
- Phil Rogers
- Heat — 1:02.10
- Final — 1:01.76 (→
- Shane Lewis
- Heat — 1:04.17 (→ did not advance, 28th place)
Men's 200m Breaststroke
- Phil Rogers
- Heat — 2:14.39
- Final — 2:13.59 (→ 6th place)
- Rodney Lawson
- Heat — 2:15.67
- B-Final — 2:15.50 (→ 9th place)
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle
- Duncan Armstrong, Martin Roberts, Deane Pieters, and Ian Brown
- Heat — 7:22.19
- Deane Pieters, Duncan Armstrong, Ian Brown, and Kieren Perkins
- Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)
Synchronized Swimming
Two synchronized swimmers represented Australia in 1992.
Table Tennis
Tennis
Men's Singles Competition
- Wally Masur
- First Round — Lost to Pete Sampras (United States) 1-6, 6-7, 4-6
- Richard Fromberg
- First Round — Lost to Michael Stich (Germany) 3-6, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3, 3-6
- Todd Woodbridge
- First Round — Lost to Emilio Sánchez (Spain) 1-6, 6-7, 2-6
Men's Doubles Competition
- John Fitzgerald and Todd Woodbridge
- First Round — Defeated Roger Smith and Mark Knowles (Bahamas) 6-2, 6-3, 6-7, 4-6, 6-3
- Second round — Lost to Leander Paes and Ramesh Krishnan (India) 4-6, 5-7, 6-4, 1-6
Women's Singles Competition
- Nicole Provis
- First Round — Defeated Katia Piccolini (Italy) 6-1 6-0
- Second Round — Lost to Sabine Appelmans (Belgium) 2-6 1-6
- Jenny Byrne
- First Round — Lost to Raffaella Reggi-Concato (Italy) 4-6 6-7
- Rachel McQuillan
- First Round — Lost to Sabine Appelmans (Belgium) 3-6, 3-6
Water Polo
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
- Lost to United States (4-8)
- Defeated France (9-5)
- Lost to Soviet Union (9-12)
- Tied with Germany (7-7)
- Defeated Czechoslovakia (15-9)
- Classification Matches
- Defeated Cuba (7-5)
- Defeated Hungary (9-8) → Fifth place
- Team Roster
Weightlifting
Wrestling
See also
References
- ↑ "Australia at the 1992 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-12-21.
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